Direct assimilation of multichannel microwave brightness temperatures and impact on mesoscale numerical weather prediction over the TOGA COARE domain

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 771-794

  Aonashi, Kazumasa ^a   Liu, Guosheng ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0040317111     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.77.3_771     Document Type: Article

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